| WALRUS | The ____ and the Carpenter, narrative poem by Lewis Carroll first published in 1871 (6) |
| BORING | Like the unsatisfied tailor in the 7D clue, the carpenter refused to drill holes because it was ___ |
| CARROLL | Lewis -; pen name of the author whose Through the Looking-Glass includes the verses Jabberwocky and The Walrus and the Carpenter (7) |
| PLANED | Went by air, as the carpenter did? (6) |
| DRIVER | One propeller after another used by the carpenter (5,6) |
| OYSTER | Funny story about English native enjoyed by the carpenter? (6) |
| LOOKINGGLASS | Through the ____ and What Alice Found There, fantasy novel by Lewis Carroll published in 1871 (7,5) |
| CHIPPY | Where the carpenter can get a quick meal (6) |
| AGONY | The Hunting of the Snark (An - in 8 Fits) nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll (5) |
| SNARK | The Hunting of the - (An Agony in 8 Fits); nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll (5) |
| JABBERWOCKY | Nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll included in his 1871 novel Through The Looking-Glass (11) |
| THEYD | "And this was scarcely odd, because ___ eaten every one" (end of "The Walrus and the Carpenter") |
| SHAKESPEARE | Writer of a comedy featuring Bottom the weaver, Flute the bellows-mender, Quince the carpenter, Snout the tinker, Snug the joiner and Starveling the tailor, who perform the play-within-the-play (11) |
| THEOWL | (and 18 across, 19 across) Nonsense poem published in 1871 (3,3) |
| USER | Junky delivering final bits of The Walrus and the Carpenter (4) |
| EVERYONE | All the Walrus and the Carpenter managed to eat (5,3) |
| LADY | ___ Susan Jane Austen's short epistolary novel which was published in 1871 and features characters like Charles and Catherine Vernon: 2 wds. |
| MIDDLEMARCH | George Eliot novel, first of eight volumes published in 1871 (11) |
| OYSTERS | Victims of the Walrus and the Carpenter (7) |
| ENTER | Get through the Walrus and the Carpenter, finally (5) |
